5th Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force
Known as 58th Vaughan's Rifles
Chronology
- 1849 raised as 5th Regiment of Punjab Infantry
- 1851 retitled as the 5th Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Irregular Force
- 1865 retitled as the 5th Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force
- 1903 became 58th Vaughan's Rifles (Frontier Force)
- 1922 became 5th Battalion 13th Frontier Force Rifles
- 1945 became 5th Battalion The Frontier Force Rifles
- 1947 allocated to Pakistan on partition
- 1957 amalgamated with The Pathan Regiment and the Frontier Force Regiment to form the new Frontier Force Regiment (10th Battalion)
Deployments
- 1880: with the Cabul Field Force. Depot at Kohat.
- 1881: At Dera Ismail Khan. [1]
External Links
- 13th Frontier Force Rifles Wikipedia
- Frontier Force Regiment Wikipedia
- "Oranges, Dates and Coconuts: 58th Vaughan’s Rifles (Frontier Force) in Egypt, Palestine, Somaliland and Portuguese East Africa 1916 - 1918" by Harry Fecitt. Harry’s Sideshows kaiserscross.com. Retrieved 30 September 2014
Historical books on-line
- The Historical Record of the 5th Punjab Infantry 1887. Pdf download, Digital Library of India.
- My Service in the Indian Army – and After by Sir John Luther Vaughan 1904 Archive.org
References
- ↑ Johnathan The Khyber Rifles Victorian Wars Forum 14 June 2012. Retrieved 30 September 2014